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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:06:12
Message-Id: 201105261227.48614.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user by Alan McKinnon
1 On Thursday 26 May 2011 11:30:12 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:50 on Thursday 26 May 2011, Mick did
3 > opine
4 >
5 > thusly:
6 > > On Thursday 26 May 2011 05:49:21 Valmor de Almeida wrote:
7 > > > On 05/25/2011 04:46 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
8 > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Valmor de Almeida
9 > > > > <val.gentoo@×××××.com>
10 > >
11 > > wrote:
12 > > > >> Should these have been eliminated or do I need to do it by hand or
13 > > > >> something else still needs it?
14 > > > >
15 > > > > I think you should do it by hand.
16 > > > >
17 > > > > In general, you can assume portage will never delete any config files
18 > > > > or anything from /etc without your involvement (either manually or
19 > > > > with etc-update or similar).
20 > > >
21 > > > Cleaned by hand. All working.
22 > >
23 > > I just had a look and noticed that haldaemon is added as a user to a load
24 > > of groups. The group 'cdrw' only has haldaemon as a user. What shall I
25 > > do with it?
26 > >
27 > > # less /etc/group | grep haldaemon
28 > > disk:x:6:root,adm,haldaemon
29 > > floppy:x:11:root,haldaemon
30 > > cdrom:x:19:haldaemon,michael
31 > > cdrw:x:80:haldaemon
32 > > haldaemon:x:1004:haldaemon
33 > > plugdev:x:1005:haldaemon,michael
34 >
35 > You should still delete it.
36
37 I assume you mean just the haldaemon, not the group cdrw, right?
38
39 Then I leave the cdrw empty with no users, correct?
40 --
41 Regards,
42 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] haldaemon group/user Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>